Tex. Fam. Code § 54.0491 · Chapter 54. JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS
GANG-RELATED CONDUCT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Criminal street gang" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.01, Penal Code.
(2) "Gang-related conduct" means conduct that violates a penal law of the grade of Class B misdemeanor or higher and in which a child engages with the intent to:
(A) further the criminal activities of a criminal street gang of which the child is a member;
(B) gain membership in a criminal street gang; or
(C) avoid detection as a member of a criminal street gang.
(b) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section 54.04 regarding a child who has been adjudicated to have engaged in delinquent conduct that is also gang-related conduct, shall order the child to participate in a criminal street gang intervention program that is appropriate for the child based on the child's level of involvement in the criminal activities of a criminal street gang. The intervention program:
(1) must include at least 12 hours of instruction; and
(2) may include voluntary tattoo removal.
(c) If a child required to attend a criminal street gang intervention program is committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as a result of the gang-related conduct, the child must complete the intervention program before being discharged from the custody of or released under supervision by the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (H.B. 2086), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 53, eff. September 1, 2015.
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